Central Japan International Airport Co. began the construction Thursday of a commercial complex to showcase the first Boeing Co. 787 jetliner, with the aim of opening it in the summer of 2018.

The first floor of the three-story complex -- dubbed "Flight of Dreams" -- will house the first test aircraft ZA001, while the other two floors will have shops selling travel accessories and goods, and restaurants from where visitors can see the plane.

"We want it to be a space overflowing with dreams," Masanao Tomozoe, the president of the airport's operator, said at a groundbreaking ceremony.

On the first floor of the complex, which will be built to the south of the airport's terminal building, there will also be an area where visitors can learn about how the 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which made its maiden flight on Dec. 15, 2009, is constructed.

Boeing donated the airplane to the airport in Aichi Prefecture in 2015, as over 30 percent of the Dreamliner's airframe structure is built in the Chubu area centering on Nagoya.